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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20. 1906.

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G OOOQOQOQOGOOQOOQ obodooooooooo eooanr UNITED STATES PATENT orat onEDWARD WILLIAM KERNEB OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

FENCE-POST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept; 1-7, 1907.

mummified November 20, 1906. Bdrill No. 344,277.

certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Posts;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will en- .able others skilledin'the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same.

post of malleable or gray iron or other suitable metal for the supportof a plain or barbed wire fence,'.the post being constructed so as tosit firmly in the ground and beistiff and steady to a degree that fewerposts of the structural character of thisinvention may be needed thanposts as commonly formed.

The'nature of the invention is readilyascertained from the deviceportrayed in the annexed drawings,-

forming'a part of this specification, in view of which the improvementswill first be described with respect to their construction and mode ofuse, and then be pointed out in the subjoined I 0f the drawings Figure lis a *front elevation of the improved post complete; Fig. 2 is a rearelevation. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. v Fig. 4 is a transverse section.

Fig; 5 isa view of a portion'of the edge of the post showing the mannerof fstapling .the fence thereto.

Similar numerals of reference designate similar parts or features, asthe case may be, whereverthcy occur.

line to the top and its edges '13 are thinned down to In the drawings10' designates the post which may be composed of gray or malleable ironor otherlsuitable metal, and which, from the base to the top may, for example, be eight feet in length; and, suppohing three feet to extend intothe ground, .it' be five feet above the surface of the latter. w

The body of the post'tapers on sides from the ground some extent and inthe margin oFthe edges there are lines of perforations 14 whichextendfrom thetop to the bottom part of the post on each side, saidperforations being made for the reception of "staples 15 passed attheirends through the perforations 14 andttheir ends clenched on theinner side to hold the line wires 16,

closely secured to the front face of the post which is flat so as tohave the fence extend therealong without interruption. The postdescribed has an outwardly projecting rib 17 which extends centrallyfrom the'back of the post and from top to bottom thereof. The outermargin 18 of the said rib 17 is also provided with perforations 14 sothat the end of a fence extending'at right anglestoa 'ience secured tothe face-of a post may be attached to It is the object of this inventionto provide a'fence' the margin of the said rib. A slot or notch, 19, ismade in the post near the top for use in fastening an extract dinarystrong ltruss wire to the post in case an unusually high fence issecured to the posts, and in view of this contingency the perforations14 in the margins of the sides and edge of the rib are made throughthe-post from top to bottom, in order that the post when set in theground to an extent'less than three feet may be deed to have a fence ofgreater height than the five feet secured to the said post in the mannerexplained.

Under the construction specified, a highly serviceable and durable postis secured, and one that while simple in construction isadapted to meetsubstantially all exigencies in the construction of a wire fence. Whatis claimed is i v A fence-post composed of metal provided with anchoringmeans at its base, and having a flat front face with thinned edges, andperforations at short intervals through the margins of the said thinnededges, said perforations extending from the top to the bottom of thepost, and the latter being furthermore provided on its back withe ribextending back at a right angle to the plane of the face of the 'post,saldrlbbelng thinned or reduced at its outer edge and perforationsformed at short intervals through the said thinned edge whereby a lineof fence may be secured to the face of the post and extend in the planeof the same and the end. or another line of fence may be connected tothe riband extend at a right angle to the first-mentioned line or fence.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence or twowitnesses.

EDWARD WILLIAM xnnnnn.

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